Cognitive coordination is the timely and adaptive sharing of
information. Command and control, particularly on the
network-centric battle space, requires extensive coordination among
a group of cognitive entities (humans and agents). The goal of the
research is to better understand cognitive coordination and the
impact of mode of communication, presence of synthetic teammates,
and training regime on team performance and coordination. CERI’s
efforts in this area have yielded empirical findings related to the
acquisition and retention of team coordination skill in addition to
metrics for assessing performance, coordination, situation
awareness, and knowledge at the team level. The empirical findings
and metrics are relevant to cognitive coordination on the
network-centric battlefield as well as domains such as homeland
security.